Wood-Carving: Design and Workmanship

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THE ARTISTIC CRAFTS SERIES OF TECHNICAL HANDBOOKS EDITED BY W.

BY GEORGE JACK WITH DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1903

EDITOR'S PREFACE

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

Contents

CHAPTER I PREAMBLE

CHAPTER II TOOLS

CHAPTER III SHARPENING-STONES MALLET AND BENCH

CHAPTER IV WOODS USED FOR CARVING

CHAPTER V SHARPENING THE TOOLS

CHAPTER VI CHIP CARVING

CHAPTER VII THE GRAIN OF THE WOOD

CHAPTER VIII IMITATION OF NATURAL FORMS

CHAPTER IX ROUNDED FORMS

CHAPTER X THE PATTERNED BACKGROUND

CHAPTER XI CONTOURS OF SURFACE

CHAPTER XII ORIGINALITY

CHAPTER XIII PIERCED PATTERNS

CHAPTER XIV HARDWOOD CARVING

CHAPTER XV THE SKETCH-BOOK

CHAPTER XVI MUSEUMS

CHAPTER XVII STUDIES FROM NATURE FOLIAGE

CHAPTER XVIII CARVING ON FURNITURE

CHAPTER XIX THE GROTESQUE IN CARVING

CHAPTER XX STUDIES FROM NATURE BIRDS AND BEASTS

CHAPTER XXI FORESHORTENING AS APPLIED TO WORK IN RELIEF

CHAPTER XXII UNDERCUTTING AND "BUILT-UP" WORK

CHAPTER XXIII PICTURE SUBJECTS AND PERSPECTIVE

CHAPTER XXIV ARCHITECTURAL CARVING

CHAPTER XXV SURFACE FINISH TEXTURE

CHAPTER XXVI CRAFT SCHOOLS, PAST AND PRESENT

CHAPTER XXVII ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN BUILDER AND CARVER

NOTES ON THE COLLOTYPE PLATES

THE COLLOTYPE PLATES

INDEX

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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